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The problems of public programs managing the delivery of Patient
Assistance Program (PAP) medications for indigent patients have
greatly increased. With over half of the patients that may be
receiving PAP medications, the costs of managing inventory, unpacking,
stocking and storing, and dispensing at the clinic become considerable.
Clinics can provide small sample drugs to some patients, but are
not equipped to dispense hundreds of prescriptions, as would a
licensed pharmacist and pharmacy. What's more, many states limit
the amount of and quantity of drugs dispensed by a physician's
office.
NEChealth provides an answer to managing inventory
and dispensing PAP medications. Rather than PAP medications coming
to the clinic, they come directly to NEChealth, where they are
electronically inventoried and mailed to participating network
pharmacies near the clinic. Clinics simply send their patients
with their prescription to the pharmacy, which dispenses the PAP
medications. Pharmacies then submit the prescription on-line to
NEChealth for approval, which pays the pharmacy for dispensing
and electronically updates the PAP inventory by the quantity dispensed
for that patient and drug.
NEChealth's Pharmacy Network-based Patient
Assistance Program is safer and more convenient for patients;
less liability for physicians and clinics; less labor and work
for a potentially already over worked staff; and greater inventory
and reporting for management on costs and savings and prescribing.
The Benefits Include:
- Increased PAP Savings
- Reduced Labor Costs
- Reduced Liability
- Electronic Claims Processing
- Greater Patient Safety
- Real-Time Inventory Control
- Accurate On-line Reporting on Applications, Inventory &
Savings
- PAP Application Tracking and Targeting
- PAP Application Generation
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